Missouri, 2002Flash Flood in Missouri, July 18, 2002
July 18, 2002 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 1:00 AM CST, 14 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:00 AM CST, 14 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
200 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2002
THIS LOW IS STARTING TO GET OLD...
INDICATIONS WERE THAT MOST OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS ACTION WOULD
HAVE TAKEN PLACE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER INTO
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. GRANTED...THERE WERE A FEW STORMS DOWN
THERE...BUT SATELLITE PICS AND LIGHTNING DATA FROM YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON SHOWED THE VAST MAJORITY OF ACTIVE WEATHER UP IN OUR
NORTHER ZONE GROUP WHERE I PUT IN THE LOWEST POPS. AT LEAST MY
TEMPERATURE FORECASTS WERE BETTER THAN GUIDANCE FOR THE MOST PART.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH...IT WAS WARMER UP NORTH THAN MY NUMBERS OR
WHAT GUIDANCE GAVE ME. POSSIBLY THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW ALONG WITH A LITTLE MORE HEATING THAN WHAT WAS EXPECTED WAS
ENOUGH TO FIRE OFF ALL THAT CONVECTION. METAR AND MSAS ANALYSIS
FROM YESTERDAY MORNING SURE DOESNT SHOW ANY SURFACE BOUNDARIES OF
CONSEQUENCE.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE PERSISTENCE IS STILL THE BEST FORECAST FOR THE
SHORT TERM. BOTH THE AVN AND ETA ARE REMARKABLY SIMILAR WITH THEIR
HANDLING OF OUR LITTLE ORPHAN LOW AND THE POSITION OF THE BACK DOOR
FRONT AT 12Z ON SATURDAY MORNING. THINK THE AVN FINALLY HAS THE
RIGHT IDEA WITH THE FRONT WASHING OUT JUST NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA IN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON SATURDAY MORNING AND NEVER PUSHING INTO OUR AREA
AT ALL. LOW FINALLY GETS PICKED UP IN THE MEAN FLOW AND DEPARTS ON
FRIDAY. WITH THAT IN MIND...THINK THE GOING ZONES LOOK PRETTY GOOD
AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR TWEAKS HERE AND THERE.
.STL...NONE
CARNEY
Flash Flood, Crawford
- When
- July 18, 3:15 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Cuba
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.976, -91.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A reported 4 inches of rain in about an hour caused flash flooding in Cuba. The Sheriff Department reported the Highway 19 railroad underpass had at least 2 feet of water in it and had to be closed. Another area that flooded had 2 propane tanks break loose and float away. The heavy rain caused problems at the County Fair that had started the day before. The entire evenings planned events had to be cancelled. The roof of the main stage collapsed due to the rain. One man was injured with a broken arm when the roof collapsed.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in Oregon, July 18, 2002$1.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 18, 2002$158,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 18, 2002$97,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2002$100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 18, 2002$90,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, July 18, 20022 injured · $30,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 2002$58,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 18, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 18, 2002F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 2002$27,000 · 0.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 200261 kt wind · 14 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 18, 20021 injured · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5304468.